“Universal Design” - Public Toilet for ALLAll

At a time when people around the world are awakening to Universal and Accessible Design as an important tool towards achieving human right through the enactment of the momentous UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (UN-CRPD). The sense of opportunity and real need for change is greater than ever. However, Nepal is still far behind in aspects related to Universal Design and Accessibility. The provision of equitable physical accessibility to public infrastructure for persons with disabilities is continuously being neglected. Having not even a single accessible public toilet in the heart of the Capital city at Kathmandu that a wheelchair user could use is just one example of the dire situation in Nepal TO KNOW MORE DOWNLOAD PDF HERE

Detailed specification of plaster coat

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12 mm thick cement sand plaster specification

12 mm thick cement sand plaster To know and read more CLICK HERE

Detailing of handrails

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Notes and question about detailed specification

specification is a part of contract document which gives detailed information regarding the quality of materials, workmanship, etc Q.1. Explain in detail about the ‘object’ and ‘importance’ of specification. Q.2. Discuss the various factors which should be considered while writing/drafting detailed specifications. Q.3. Describe the importance of detailed specification in the construction works. To know and read more about SPECIFICATION. DOWNLOAD pdf. here

design theories

Theories to be Discussed • Gestalt Theory • Maslow Hierarchy • Toby Israel • Altman • Sommer • Hall • Kinzel . . To read more DOWNLOAD Pdf HERE

The current State of Wooden Architecture and Challenging Issues in NepaL.

The Kathmandu valley also referred to as Nepal valley used to be a dominating power in the central part of the Himalayas two thousand years ago. It maintained an independent existence and exerted a major influence on the surrounding hills and the southern plains (new India). While it is believed that the Kathmandu valley was inhabited much earlier, the first authentic dates and facts appear through state inscriptions describing Kathmandu valley dates back to the 5th or 6th century. . . To read more DOWNLOAD Pdf. HERE

How can Architecture and urbanism work in periphery

In today’s society urban liveliness has moved from the center of city to its periphery in a diluted manner. There exists the continuation of monotonouscityscape as by-product and leftover of architecture and urbanism. Herein liesthe question: how to build a meaningful ‘place’ in a site where the sense ofplace is lost. This book is a record of the challenge in my belief that architecture is generous spatial entity which has both elaborated condition and quality orchestrated by the relationship to its site, structure, and material to enhancethe quality of life through the human senses. . To read more DOWNLOAD HERE